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Film Screening: She Started It

Join us for a special screening of She Started It. This documentary follows five passionate, trailblazing young women who strive to compete and thrive in the male-dominated tech startup industry. Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of the question-and-answer session with the film’s director and producer, Nora Poggi. The evening will also include a networking reception with fellow Northeastern alumni, students, and entrepreneurs. This event is presented by IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator and Northeastern University Alumni.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

6 – 8:30 p.m.

Program Schedule

Program will start promptly at 6 p.m. Please feel free to arrive by 5:45 p.m. for check in.

6–7 p.m.: Film screening

7–7:30 p.m.: Question and answer session with film-maker, Nora Poggi

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Networking Reception

Location:

Visitor Center

Northeastern University

West Village F

40 Leon Street

Boston, MA 02115

More about the Film

She Started It gives a new face to the popular image of the tech entrepreneur: a female face. Following five women over two years as they pitch VCs, build teams, bring products to market, fail and start again, She Started It takes viewers on a global roller coaster ride from San Francisco to Mississippi, France and Vietnam. Along the way, it weaves in big-picture perspectives from women like investor Joanne Wilson; White House CTO Megan Smith; GoldieBlox CEO Debbie Sterling; and Ruchi Sanghvi, the first female engineer at Facebook.

Through intimate, action-driven storytelling, SHE STARTED IT explores the cultural roots of female underrepresentation in entrepreneurship—including pervasive self-doubt, fear of failure, and risk aversion among young women. It exposes, too, the structural realities women face as they become entrepreneurs, including lack of female role models and investors, and the persistent dearth of venture capital funding made available to women-led companies.